That really is a pitty... Does this mean that there is only one possibility : change the source (and recompile) the Debian SPARC kernel according to detailed specs which I can hopefully find somewhere on the net ?
If this is the way to go, I'm ready to try it. I've never done this before (changing source, recompiling a kernel), but I'm not afraid of a nice challenge now and then. I guess you and other members on the list are ready to give me help when I need some. Filip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Filip Meuleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Andrew, Chris Mr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:45 AM Subject: Re: Fujitsu Primepower 200 > In that case, it is running a ultraSPARC-2 compatible processor made by > HaL (later bought by Fujitsu) and while it does run Solaris, because > Solaris has been ported to the processor (I helped port Solaris 8 > to this processor back in the day as a contractor for Fuj), Linux > does not work on it. It has a different MMU and a slightly different > register window size (I can't remember if it's smaller or larger) and > a slightly different FPU and slightly different boot PROM. Because of > these differences, Linux has never been ported to it. It was a nice > processor though, significantly faster per clock than an ultraSPARC 2. > I don't think the programming specs were ever released to the public, > although it isn't some great secret for some time now, so maybe they > are available somewhere on the internet. > > >From the user level, they are supposed to be indistinguishable, but > if you have a program with one of the 2-3 floating point instructions > that their FPU doesn't have, those would be emulated via kernel traps. > Very slow but really should never happen because program should never > have these instructions embedded in them, they should always use the > libraries, so that they will run at a fast speed no matter what model > processor they are on. An architecture that I think glibc is just > starting to warm up to these days. > > a > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 09:05:41PM +0100, Filip Meuleman wrote: > > It defintively is, Chris. > > It has a SPARC64 processor ("SPARC64 GP", according to the datasheet). There is some more info on http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/server/unix/archives/PRMPWR _200.html > > The processor is conform to the SPARC International V9 architecture... (I have no idea what this means exactly, but it sounds nice) > > > > Regards, > > > > Filip > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Andrew, Chris Mr > > To: Filip Meuleman > > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 10:48 AM > > Subject: RE: Fujitsu Primepower 200 > > > > > > Filip, > > > > Forgive my innocence, is this machine SPARC based? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > From: Filip Meuleman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 26 November 2005 20:14 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Fujitsu Primepower 200 > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to install Debian Sparc on a Fujitsu Primepower 200 machine. > > Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work out : I can't make the machine booting on the Netinst Debian CD. Doing so only gives me an error message "...Data Exception..." or something. > > > > Has anybody ever installed Debian on such a machine ? Any ideas ? > > > > Thanks ! > > > > Filip > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
